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== Merry Christmas! ==
== ''Bots [[Wikipedia:Bots/News|Newsletter]]'', August 2019 ==


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[[User:BOZ|BOZ]] ([[User talk:BOZ|talk]]) is wishing you a [[Mary Poppins|Merry]] [[Christmas]]! This greeting (and season) promotes [[Wikipedia:WikiLove|WikiLove]] and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a [[Christmas|Merry Christmas]], whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Don't eat yellow snow! <br />
Greetings!


Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{[[WP:SUBST|subst]]:[[User:Flaming/MC2008]]}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
Here is the 7th issue of the ''Bots Newsletter'', a lot happened since [[Wikipedia:Bots/News/201808|last year's newsletter]]! You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from [[Wikipedia:Bots/Spam|this list]].
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<small>I'm wishing you a Merry Christmas, because that is what I celebrate. Feel free to take a "Happy Holidays" or "Season's Greetings" if you prefer. :)</small> [[User:BOZ|BOZ]] ([[User talk:BOZ|talk]]) 18:16, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
Highlights for this newsletter include:

;ARBCOM
* Nothing of note happened. Just like we like it.

;BAG
* Several ([[Wikipedia_talk:Bot_Approvals_Group/Archive_9#Inactive BAG retirement (Mr.Z-man)|1]] + [[Wikipedia_talk:Bot_Approvals_Group/Archive_9#Bulk_inactivity_removals|12]] = 13) users have been retired/resigned from the BAG due to inactivity, per [[Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group#Activity requirements|our new activity requirements]] ([[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy/Archive 28#Should BAG members have an activity requirement?|discussion]]).
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BAG members are expected to be active on Wikipedia to have their finger on the pulse of the community. After two years without any bot-related activity (such as posting on [[:Category:Wikipedia bots|bot-related pages]], posting on a bot's talk page, or operating a bot), BAG members will be retired from BAG following a one-week notice. Retired members can re-apply for BAG membership as normal if they wish to rejoin the BAG.</blockquote>
*Two BAG members retired
** {{User|Madman}} [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?diff=891278258 retired].
** {{User|BU Rob13}} [[WP:VANISHED|vanished]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ABot_Approvals_Group&type=revision&diff=905528110&oldid=891388521 retired].
* Three new BAG members have been voted in, welcome to the BAG!
** {{User|Primefac}} joined on 2018-12-12 ([[Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group/nominations/Primefac|RfBAG]]). Primefac operates {{User|PrimeBOT}} which does a [[User:PrimeBOT#Tasks|plethora of tasks]].
** {{User|TheSandDoctor}} joined on 2019-01-21 ([[Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group/nominations/TheSandDoctor|RfBAG]]). TheSandDoctor operates several bots including {{User|DeprecatedFixerBot}}.
** {{User|Enterprisey}} joined on 2019-08-07 ([[Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group/nominations/Enterprisey|RfBAG]]). Enterprisey operates {{User|EnterpriseyBot}}, which does a [[User:EnterpriseyBot#Tasks|plethora of tasks]], {{User|RemindMeBot}} which posts reminders, and codes several scripts.

We thank former members for their service and wish Madman a happy retirement. We note that Madman and BU Rob13 were not inactive and could resume their BAG positions if they so wished, should their retirements happens to be temporary.

;BOTDICT
Two new entries feature in the [[WP:BOTDICT|bots dictionary]]
*[[WP:BOTDICT#Editor-hostile wikitext|''Editor-hostile wikitext'']] – describes wikitext structuring that is editor hostile, even if it renders correctly
*[[WP:BOTDICT#Threshold of usefulness|''Spectrum of usefulness'']] – describes how tasks are deemed useful or not

;BOTPOL
*[[WP:BAGREQ|Activity requirements]]: BAG members now have an activity requirement. The requirements are very light, one only needs to be involved in a bot-related area at some point within the last two years. For purpose of meeting these requirements, discussing a bot-related matter anywhere on Wikipedia counts, as does operating a bot ([[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy/Archive 28#Should BAG members have an activity requirement?|RFC]]).
*[[WP:COPYVIOFLAG|Copyvio flag]]: Bot accounts may be additionally marked by a [[WP:CRAT|bureaucrat]] upon BAG request as being in the [[Special:ListUsers/copyviobot|"copyviobot" user group]] on Wikipedia. This flag allows using the API to add metadata to edits for use in the New pages feed ([[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 12#New bot-like access group|discussion]]). There is currently [[Special:ListUsers/copyviobot|1]] bot using this functionality.
*[[WP:MASSCREATION|Mass creation]]: The restriction on mass-creation (semi-automated or automated) was extended from ''articles'', to ''all [[Wikipedia:Reader#Project versus content|content-pages]]''. There are subtleties, but ''content'' here broadly means whatever a reader could land on when browsing the mainspace in normal circumstances (e.g. Mainspace, Books, most Categories, Portals, ...). There is also a warning that [[WP:MEATBOT]] still applies in other areas (e.g. Redirects, Wikipedia namespace, Help, maintenance categories, ...) not explicitely covered by [[WP:MASSCREATION]].

;BOTREQs and BRFAs
As of writing, we have...
* 20 active [[WP:BOTREQ|BOTREQs]], please help if you can!
* 14 open BRFAs and 1 BRFA in need of BAG attention (see [[Wikipedia:BAG/Status|live status]]).
* In 2018, 96 bot task were [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Approved/Archive 14|approved]]. An [[WP:AWB|AWB]] search shows approximately 29 were withdrawn/expired, and 6 were denied.
* Since the start of 2019, 97 bot task were [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Approved|approved]]. Logs show 15 were [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval#Expired/withdrawn requests|withdrawn/expired]], and 15 were [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval#Denied requests|denied]].
* 10 inactive bots have been deflagged (see [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 13#Inactive bots - May 2019|discussion]]). 5 other bots have been deflagged per operator requests or similar (see [[Special:Permalink/896996617#Updates|discussion]]).

;New things
*All bot-related discussion pages now have a [[Wikipedia:Bots/ArchiveBox|centralized and searchable archive box]] (see [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive_13#New_archive_box|discussion]]). Discussions are searchable per noticeboard, or globally.
*{{tl|Bot}} now supports {{para|status|expired}} (see [[Template talk:Bot#status=expired|discussion]]). This led to the deletion of [[:Category:Indefinitely blocked Wikipedia bots]] as useless (see [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 July 26#Category:Indefinitely blocked Wikipedia bots|discussion]]).
*[[WP:BOTREQ]] now mentions [[WP:SCRIPTREQ]] and [[WP:AWBTASKS]] as alternatives to bot requests.
*The [[WP:CREATEBOT|bot creation guide]] now mentions [[Help:Creating a bot#Bot Flag|bot flags]], and two new languages [[Help:Creating a bot#Awk|Awk]] and [[Help:Creating a bot#MATLAB|MATLAB]]. Other minor tweaks have been made.
*[[User:AAlertBot|AAlertBot]] has received major code updates. In particular, [[WP:AALERTS]] will now report [[WP:SPLIT|splits]], [[WP:MERGE|mergers]], and [[WP:AFC|AFC submissions]].
*[[User:Citation bot|Citation bot]] has received several updates ([[User talk:Citation bot/Archive 10]]/[[User talk:Citation bot/Archive 11|11]]/[[User talk:Citation bot/Archive 12|12]]/[[User talk:Citation bot/Archive 13|13]]/[[User talk:Citation bot/Archive 14|14]]/[[User talk:Citation bot/Archive 15|15]]/[[User talk:Citation bot/Archive 16|16]]/[[User talk:Citation bot/Archive 17|17]]). In particular, the bot stopped the automated removal of {{para|publisher}} from {{tl|cite journal}}, and stopped the automated addition of [[CiteSeerX]] links, and now uses [[meta:Help:OAuth|OAuth]] to authenticate those who make requests of the bot.

;Other discussions
These are some of the discussions that happened / are still happening since the last ''Bots Newsletter''. Many are stale, but some are still active.
* [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 12#Adminbots requests page]]
* [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 12#Double-redirect tagging (2019)]]
* [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 12#Long and Winding Road to Parsoid]]
* [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 13#Bot-like user scripts]]
* [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 13#WP:URLREQ]]
* [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 13#Wikipedia:Bots/Status]]
* [[Wikipedia talk:Bot Approvals Group#Minimum edits]]
* [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Minor update to WP:BOTISSUE]]
* [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Semi-automated Portal creation]]
* [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Clarification on "Bots operated by multiple users"]]
* [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Bots triggered by multiple users]]
* [[Wikipedia talk:Bots#How to use Special:ApiFeatureUsage]]

See also the latest discussions at the [[WP:BOTN|bot noticeboard]].

Thank you! <small>edited by: <span style="font-variant:small-caps; whitespace:nowrap;">[[User:Headbomb|Headbomb]]</span> 17:24, 7 August 2019 (UTC)</small>
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== August 2019 ==

Hi HELLKNOWZ,

Thank you for responding to my post on August 2019 review of submission of 'Draft:Hero Cai'. I have seen that the key issue here is to prove that person is sufficiently 'notable'.

I have followed the links you gave and found that the wiki policy says 'Academics meeting any one of the following conditions, as substantiated through reliable sources, are notable'. And one of these conditions is 'The person is or has been an elected member of a highly selective and prestigious scholarly society or association (e.g., a National Academy of Sciences or the Royal Society) or a fellow of a major scholarly society which reserves fellow status as a highly selective honor (e.g., Fellow of the IEEE).[2]' <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(academics)</ref>

Can I ask why the fellowship of the CIOL was not thought to meet this condition, while Fellow if the IEEE, which is an association for technical professionals, is? Can I assume that the CIOL, despite being the only lingiustic institution that has got chartership in the UK, is not considered as prestigious as bodies like IEEE? Would you suggest other institutions for linguists that MIGHT BE considered more prestigeous?

Thank you!! <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:SophiaMMY|SophiaMMY]] ([[User talk:SophiaMMY#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/SophiaMMY|contribs]]) 01:11, 14 August 2019 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

:I will copy your message and reply at the AfC Help Desk. —&nbsp;<small>&nbsp;[[user:Hellknowz|<span style="color: #B00;">HELL</span>KNOWZ]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;▎[[User talk:Hellknowz|TALK]]</small> 08:41, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

==Discussion at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Satyanarayanan Chakravarthy]]==
[[File:Farm-Fresh eye.png|15px|link=|alt=]]&nbsp;You are invited to join the discussion at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Satyanarayanan Chakravarthy]]. [[User:BigDwiki|BigDwiki]] ([[User talk:BigDwiki|talk]]) 22:20, 14 August 2019 (UTC){{Z48}}<!-- [[Template:Please see]] -->

==Discussion at [[Draft:HelioHost]]==
Hi Hellknowz,
Thank you for your feedback on my draft HelioHost. Do you have any tips on how to make this article not sound like an advertisement? I put in some positive and negative attributes on this service in the article (ex. The servers keep crashing.) I strongly believe that this topic should be on Wikipedia.
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia,
[[User:Xincoletta|Xincoletta]] ([[User talk:Xincoletta|talk]]) 22:42, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 18:26, 28 December 2024

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Merry Christmas!

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BOZ (talk) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Don't eat yellow snow!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:Flaming/MC2008}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

I'm wishing you a Merry Christmas, because that is what I celebrate. Feel free to take a "Happy Holidays" or "Season's Greetings" if you prefer.  :) BOZ (talk) 18:16, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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